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Abandoning ship by abandonship1 The signal to Abandon Ship! is only given in dire straits and it was almost always followed by the sinking of the ship. In wartime, of those who survived the initial attack, it was not certain they would live long enough to be rescued. Sailors of the Merchant Navy were aware of the risks when they signed on, but they still went off to sea, to do their bit. The following extract is taken from the poem Abandon Ship! by former Merchant Navy captain (Master) and poet Joe Earl: "Your ship becomes a victim, so thoughts run through your head, Shall I find my shipmates, are they maimed or dead? Better grab my cigarettes - wrap `em water tight, Is the enemy still waiting to kill us all for spite? Should I try to put the fire out, that’s blazing on the deck, Am I wasting time, if the ship’s a total wreck, Shall I jump overboard, and swim beneath the oil, Before I’m blown asunder and depart this mortal coil? I may not hear `abandon ship` or any firm dismissal, If there is a smashed up bridge or no steam on the whistle, Where the Hell’s my lifejacket? - that I mustn’t spurn, The vessel now is listing and sinking by the stern." [From MERCHANT SEAMEN - A TRIBUTE IN VERSE by Joe Earl] To find out more about the experience of abandoning ship, join us on board the HQS Wellington for our free mini lunchtime lecture at 1.15pm on Monday 10 July. The talk will be given by Abandon Ship volunteer Simon Q. Written by SNiF abandonship1 | July 7, 2017 at 10:00 am | Tags: Abandon Ship!, Merchant Navy, poetry | Categories: News, Volunteers | URL: Abandoning ship – Abandon Ship! __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Dover Merchant Navy Day Please note that Merchant Navy Day will be commemerated at Dover this year on Friday 1st September. Times are the same as usual, Dover Town Hall at 1030 for the Service and Parade of Standards and 1200 at the Merchant Navy Memorial on Marine Parade at 1200 for Wreath laying. Regards, Jim Green. __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Number of Containers Lost at Sea Falling, Survey Shows July 11, 2017 by Mike Schuler An average of 1,390 containers have been lost at sea each year over the past three years, according to a new survey of the world’s ocean carriers by the World Shipping Council. The number of containers lost represents a 48% reduction in the average annual losses compared to the previous threeyear period. The number includes containers that were lost during catastrophic events, i.e. those where more than 50 containers were lost during a single event. Excluding catastrophic events, the average number of containers lost each year was 612, which is about 16% less than the average of 733 units lost each year in 2011, 2012, and 2013. The new figures were released Monday in an updated survey of World Shipping Council members, who operate
The MV Rena lost an estimated 900 containers when it ran aground and broke up off the coast of New Zealand in October 2011. Photo courtesy Maritime New Zealand
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approximately 80 percent of the global containership fleet in terms of capacity. The WSC undertook the first survey of its member companies in 2011 to provide a more accurate estimate as to the number of containers lost at sea each year and debunk what it describes ‘wildly inaccurate’ claims that the industry might lose as many as 10,000 containers at sea every year. The WSC conducted new surveys in 2014 and 2017, with the most recent gathering input for 2014, 2015 and 2016. The WSC survey is regarded as the best source for accurate information on the subject containers lost at sea. Based on the most recent survey results, WSC estimates that for the combined nineyear period from 2008 to 2016, on average, there were 568 containers lost at sea each year, not counting catastrophic events, and 1,582 containers lost at sea each year including catastrophic events. On average, 64% of containers lost during this period were attributed to a catastrophic event. Although the 1,390 annual average may still seem high, the WSC survey said in 2016, the international liner shipping industry transported approximately 130 million containers packed with cargo, with an estimated value of more than $4 trillion. “Although the number of containers lost at sea represents a very small fraction of the number of containers carried on ships each year, the industry continuously strives to reduces those losses. The latest report shows that the average number of containers estimated to be lost each year is down from the estimates reported in 2014. This is an encouraging sign. The report also identifies initiatives the industry is actively supporting to increase container safety and reduce losses further,” said John Butler, WSC President and CEO. Based on the 2011 survey results, the World Shipping Council estimated that on average there were approximately 350 containers lost at sea each year during the 2008-2010 time frame, not counting catastrophic events. When one counted the catastrophic losses, an average annual total loss per year of approximately 675 containers was estimated for this three year period. In the 2014 survey, the WSC estimated that there were approximately 733 containers lost at sea on average for each of these three years, not counting catastrophic events. When one includes catastrophic losses (as defined above) during these years, the average annual loss for the period was approximately 2,683 containers. This larger number in 2014 is due primarily to the complete loss in 2013 of the MOL Comfort in the Indian Ocean and all of the 4,293 containers on board – which remains the worst containership loss in history; and, in 2011, the grounding and loss of the M/V Rena off New Zealand, which resulted in a loss overboard of roughly 900 containers. Both of these incidents involved complete and total vessel losses. In 2015, the tragic total loss of American cargo ship El Faro, carrying 391 containers, accounted for almost 43% of the total containers lost during the year. __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Source: World Shipping Council

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U.S. Navy Temporarily Relieves USS Fitzgerald Commander
July 11, 2017 by Reuters By Tim Kelly TOKYO, July 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy on Tuesday said on Tuesday it has temporarily relieved, for medical reasons, the commander of a warship involved in a crash with a container vessel in Japanese waters that killed seven American sailors. The collision between the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald and the Philippine-registered ACX Crystal on June 17 resulted in the greatest loss of life on a U.S. Navy vessel since the USS Cole was bombed by Islamist militants in Yemen’s Aden harbor in 2000. At least six investigations have been launched, including two U.S. Navy internal hearings and a probe by the United States Coast Guard (USCG). “Cmdr Bryce Benson, who is recovering from injuries sustained during Fitzgerald’s June 17 collision with the merchant vessel ACX Crystal was relieved temporarily,” the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet said in a press release. None of the investigations has apportioned blame for the accident, or explained how an advanced U.S. warship with sophisticated radars and trained lookouts sailing in clear, albeit dark, conditions was struck by a vessel more than three times its size. In the first detailed account from one of those directly involved in the collision, the cargo ship’s captain, in a report seen by Reuters, said the ACX Crystal signaled the Fitzgerald with flashing lights about 10 minutes before the collision, but that it did not respond or alter course. The U.S. Navy has said it would not comment until the investigations were complete. __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ World’s Largest Semi-Submersible platform safely moored in Ichthys Field The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s Central Processing Facility (CPF) has been safely moored in the Ichthys Field, some 220 kilometers off the north coast of Western Australia, where she will be located for 40 years. INPEX says the massive CPF (named the ICHTHYS VENTURER.) is the world’s largest semi-submersible platform, weighing 120,000 tonnes and with a topsides footprint measuring 130 metres by 120 metres. “The safe and efficient mooring of the Ichthys Explorer in the 250-metre deep waters of the Ichthys Field, marks another significant milestone for the INPEXoperated Ichthys LNG Project,” Mr Louis Bon, Managing Director, Ichthys LNG Project stated “The complex operation of connecting 28 preinstalled mooring chains, weighing more than 25,000 tonnes, from the seabed to the CPF is testament to the well-coordinated work of our personnel, including contractors and sub-contractors from around globe,” Mr Bon said. The CPF is the central hub for initial offshore processing of all well fluids delivered from an extensive, 130-kilometre network of subsea well infrastructure. Gas from the CPF will be sent through an 890-kilometre subsea pipeline to the onshore LNG facility, at Bladin Point, near Darwin for processing. Condensate arriving to the CPF will be transferred to a nearby floating production, storage and offloading facility (FPSO), the ICHTHYS VENTURER. “The Ichthys LNG Project incorporates some of the world’s largest and most advanced offshore facilities with a continuous operating life of 40 years,” Mr Bon advised. Source: PortNews __________________________________________________ ___________________________________________
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, damaged by colliding with a Philippine-flagged merchant vessel, is towed by a tugboat upon its arrival at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

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Bourbon Joins Project to Build World’s First Autonomous Offshore Vessel by Mike Schuler French offshore services company Bourbon Offshore announced Tuesday it has signed on to a project which is aimed at building of the world’s first fully-autonomous, unmanned offshore vessel. Bourbon entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Automated Ships Ltd to support the building of the first-of-its-kind vessel in collaboration with the project’s primary technology partner, KONGSBERG. The project, called the Hrönn project, is seeking to build the first autonomous, fully-automated and cost-efficient prototype vessel for offshore operations. The offshore vessel, dubbed Hrönn, will be designed and built in Norway, and could enter service as the world’s first full-size unmanned ship as early as 2018. For its part, Bourbon will use its expertise in building and operating a standardized fleet to provide detailed input to the development and design of the vessel, ensuring flexibility, reliability, and cost efficiency to operate safely and effectively in the demanding offshore environment. Hrönn will be built as a light-duty, offshore utility ship servicing the offshore energy, hydrographic & scientific and offshore fish-farming industries. It would also be utilized as an ROV and AUV support ship and standby vessel, able to provide firefighting support to an offshore platform working in cooperation with manned vessels. Automated Ships Ltd has progressed the original catamaran design of Hrönn since the project launch last November, opting for a monohulled vessel of steel construction, to provide more payload capacity and greater flexibility in the diverse range of operations. BOURBON’s entry to the Hrönn project follows the recent news that it has joined forces with KONGSBERG in a new collaboration to develop digital solutions for next generation connected and autonomous vessels. The two companies will execute joint projects to develop new ways of efficient operations in the offshore services industry, with a fast time-to-market. KONGSBERG will contribute its technical expertise and deliver all major marine equipment necessary for the design, construction, and operation of Hrönn, including all systems for dynamic positioning and navigation, satellite and position reference, marine automation and communication. Its vessel control systems including K-Pos dynamic positioning, K-Chief automation and K-Bridge ECDIS and Radar will be replicated at an Onshore Control Centre, allowing full remote operations of Hrönn. Hrönn’s sea trials will take place in Norway’s officially designated automated vessel test bed in the Trondheim fjord and will be conducted under the auspices of DNV GL and the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA). The Hrönn will ultimately be classed and flagged, respectively. “In this era of digitalization of industrial services, we are pleased to join this forward-looking project thus demonstrating the positioning of BOURBON as a world reference in terms of operational excellence and customer experience,” said Gael Bodénès, Chief Operating Officer, BOURBON Corporation. “BOURBON is a world leading marine services company and we are confident that alongside KONGSBERG as technology lead, they will provide a valuable contribution to the design and operation of Hrönn,” said Brett Phaneuf, CEO, Automated Ships Ltd. “We are pleased to be collaborating with such expert partners in the development of Hrönn, a vessel that will show how digitalisation and autonomy have the potential to revolutionise the offshore services market,” said Stene Førsund, EVP Global Sales and Marketing, Kongsberg Maritime. Source: gCaptain __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Lifeboat tows fishing vessel to shore The UK Coastguard requested the assistance of RNLI Newbiggin at 9.45am after a call for help from the 24-ft fishing boat RODBENDER Newbiggin’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat RICHARD WAKE BURDON was quickly launched, with four volunteer crew on board, and it quickly located the drifting vessel – which had suffered engine failure half-a-mile east of Church Point. With a tow attached, the lifeboat headed south to Blyth where the Rodbender and her crew of three were passed into the care of the Blyth Coastguard team The casualty vessel was towed to the Royal Northumberland Yacht Club and safely secured at the visitor’s berth to enable it to undergo repairs. Shortly afterwards, the Newbiggin lifeboat left the harbour and headed north back to its base. Source : .northumberlandgazette __________________________________________________ ___________________________________

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Southampton-based cruise ship will be P&O's largest and greenest yet P&O Cruises is asking members of the public to come up with a name for its largest ever cruise ship. Today it launched a competition for a name for the vessel to be powered on liquefied natural gas and due to enter service in Southampton in 2020. Able to carry 5,200 passengers it will be even bigger than BRITANNIA. Members of the public are being asked to make suggestions on its website. The new ship will accommodate approximately 5,200 guests (lower berths) It will have a striking new exterior and interior design and will comprehensively embrace the company’s classic and iconic features. It will also be the most environmentally efficient ship in P&O Cruises history. This new ship will be the first new launch for P&O Cruises in five years and will play a pivotal role in redefining the brand and broadening our appeal It is therefore incredibly important that we have a name that reflects the ship’s heritage as well as highlighting the array of new cruising experiences it will offer – something memorable and dignified that reflects its position as the new star in our fleet. I encourage the general public to get their thinking caps on but also to remember that naming a ship is akin to naming a child.The name is an inherent part of its personality and is something that will sail with it for life!” Source : ITV News __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Don’t Hire a Lemon: 5 Key Tips For Hiring a Workboat Don't Hire a Lemon: 5 Key Tips For Hiring a Workboat – gCaptain __________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Wife of Maltese registered ship captain detained in Greece requests his release The wife of the Ukrainian sea captain held in Greek prison is calling on Greek authorities to release him and the crew of the Maltese flagged container vessel, MEKONG SPIRIT. The captain has spent six weeks in Athens prison, while his 16 crew have been detained aboard the vessel at Souda Bay Naval Base, Crete. Captain Sergii Nevecheria (61), from Ukraine was detained on 23 May by Greek authorities whilst transiting Greek waters en route to the Suez Canel. Soon after a port call at Izmir, Turkey, the ship under his command 12,380dwt Mekong Spirit, was seized by the Hellenic Coastguard who escorted the vessel to Souda Bay Naval Base, Crete. Greek authorities allege that Nevecheria failed to inform them of the IMO controlled cargo on board and allege that the cargo of mining explosives and hunting/sport rifle cartridges destined for Port Sudan were in violation of UN and EU sanctions. “All cargo destined for Port Sudan was part of a legitimate commercial transaction between companies operating in Turkey and Sudan and none of these companies are restricted by any sanctions,” a press statement by Lumar SA, a ship management company, read. Lumar said they have submitted corporate documents, end user certificates and import licenses to the courts for both the shipper in Turkey and the receiver in Sudan. Source: Independent __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Dry Dock Photos Show Extent of Damage to USS Fitzgerald Page not found – gCaptain n.com%29 __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Trillion Tonne Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica Page not found – gCaptain ptain.com%29 __________________________________________________ ___________________________________
The BRITANNIA recently departing from Gibraltar – Photo : Francis Ferro (c)
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COMBI DOCK III loading the steel-hulled, four-masted barque Peking in New York City. The historic windjammer will be carried home to Germany on-board the Combi Lift ship. Photo : Combi Dock © __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Evergreen Vessel in Seafarer Rescue The officers and crew of Evergreen Line's containership EVER DIADEM joined forces with another ship to successfully rescue thirty seafarers forced to abandon their burning fishing vessel off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean on the 9th of July. While en route from Singapore to Durban EVER DIADEM’s crew found the distressed seafarers drifting in two lifeboats having abandoned flaming HSIANG FUH No. 6, a Taiwan-flagged fishing boat. Captain Tai Yen-Tang of EVER DIADEM immediately notified MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Center, South Africa) and ordered his crew to stand by for a rescue operation. In view of the numbers involved, Captain Tai also requested SBI ANTARES, a bulk carrier registered in Marshall Islands, and located nearby to join the rescue mission. This region off the African coast is notorious for rampant piracy which posed a potential yet serious threat to the rescue operation. However with the safety of the fishermen paramount, EVER DIADEM’s captain and crew braved the risks and succeeded in rescuing sixteen from one of the lifeboats. SBI ANTARES then followed up by saving those from the other lifeboat. Those rescued included three from Taiwan, seven Filipinos, four from Vietnam and sixteen Indonesians. They received good care on board EVER DIADEM as the ship continued its voyage to Durban. Evergreen notified the owner of the fishing boat, requesting that they take responsibility for their crew in Durban and arrange their repatriation. EVER DIADEM is one of Evergreen Line’s「D」type vessels with a capacity of 4,211 TEUs. The ship is currently deployed in the carrier’s Far East - Africa Express (FAX) service, calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Keelung, Singapore and Durban. __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ MSC Containership Drags Anchor, Causing Internet Blackout in Somalia -Reports Page not found – gCaptain n.com%29 __________________________________________________ ___________________________________
The EVER DIADEM – Photo : Kees Pronk (c)
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Drifting container ship taken under tow after engine fire off Akutan By Chris Klint A container ship that lost power following an engine fire near the Aleutian Islands was safely towed from the scene by tugboats early Saturday, following concerns that it might run aground near Akutan. U.S. Coast Guard Operations Specialist First Class Wesley Shipley said two tugs were able to take the Laura Maersk under tow early Saturday. The vessel was nearing Dutch Harbor by about 6 a.m. “There are no injuries and no pollution from this incident,” Shipley said. The LAURA MAERSK, with a crew of 24, had roughly 51,500 gallons of fuel oil plus a cargo of shipping containers aboard at the time of the fire, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. It had been reported adrift north of Akutan Island as of about 8 p.m. Friday; by 12:30 a.m. Saturday, it was about 7 miles from the island and about four hours away from grounding. Three tugs, including two launched from Dutch Harbor, responded to the LAURA MAERSK overnight Friday. The Coast Guard cutter MIDGETT also headed to the scene. __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Paris MoU says More Ships Banned for Multiple Detentions Over the Past Three Years Over the past 3 years most ships have been banned for multiple detentions (46). Five ships have been banned a second time. A signifi cant number of ships (5) were banned for failing to call at an indicated repair yard. The one remaining case involved a ship which “jumped the detention”, by sailing without authorization. Over a 3 year period the fl ags of the Republic of Moldova, the United Republic of Tanzania and Togo have recorded the highest number of bannings. Looking at the Paris MoU “White, Grey and Black Lists” the overall situation regarding the quality of shipping seems to be stabilizing. Although some flag States have changed lists, the total amount of 42 flags on the “White list” is similar to 2015 (43). This year there were no new entries to the “White List”. The Republic of Korea moved from the “White List” to the “Grey List”. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines moved from the “Black List” to the “Grey List”. Palau and Vanuatu moved from the “Grey List” to the “Black List”. In 2016 there were 12 flags on the “Black List” (11 in 2015), with the Republic of the Congo having the worst performance. Recognized Organizations (ROs) are delegated by flag States to carry out statutory surveys on their behalf.

For this very reason, it is important to monitor their performance. For several years a joint submission with the Tokyo MoU to IMO has addressed the correlation between flags and ROs working on their behalf. The results are published in the Annual Report as well. It is useful information for the industry that would like to stay clear of the risk of sub-standard shipping. After a slight decrease of the total number of inspections in 2015 to 17,877 the number has decreased again very slightly in 2016 to 17,840. Since 2011 (the start of the NIR) the average detention percentage had slightly increased annually until 2013 (3.78%), after which a significant decrease has been recorded for 2014 (3.38%) with a same level in 2015 (3.41%). This year, however, an increase to 3.83% has been recorded. The highest level since the introduction of NIR. The level of detainable deficiencies is increasing as well to 3,769, a 7.3% increase compared to 2015. Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Russian Federation, Germany and France contributed most to the overall inspection ežorts in terms of percentage, together over 51%. High Risk Ships have been operating mostly in the southern part of the region, while Low Risk Ships have been calling in the north-western part of the region. With 1,213 inspections and 227 detentions the ships flying a “black listed flag“ score a detention rate of 18.7%, which is considerably higher than the 11.2% in 2015 and 11.7% in 2014. For ships flying a “grey listed flag” the detention rate is 5.5%, which is significantly lower than 8.6% in 2015. For ships flying a “white listed flag” the detention rate is 2.6% which is at the same level as 2015 (2.5%) and 2014 (2.4%). The 5 most frequently recorded deficiencies in 2016 were “ISM” (4.4%, 1838), “fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions” (2.6%, 1078), “nautical publications” (2.5%, 1049), “charts” (2.2%, 922) and “oil record book” (1.7%, 706). These are consistent with 2015. Source: Paris MoUTanker __________________________________________________ ___________________________________
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Costa Concordia Dismantling Completed in Italy - July 13, 2017 by Mike Schuler The Costa Concordia sits on its side prior to the start of “parbuckling” operation in September 2014. The U.S. company Titan Salvage, now part of Ardent, was part of the consortium that refloated and removed the Costa Concordia, considered the largest maritime salvage in history. REUTERS/Tony Gentile The dismantling and recycling of the infamous Costa Concordia cruise liner has been completed in Italy, marking the official end to final phase of what is considered the largest maritime salvage job in history. The consortium responsible for the Costa Concordia’s dismantling announced the completion of the project this month in Genoa, Italy, about three years after the ship’s arrival. The consortium, known as the Ship Recycling Consortium, is made up by the Italian company Saipem, holding 51%, and San Giorgio del Porto, which held 49%. The Costa Concordia moored at the “Seawall” pier in Genoa, Italy in July 2014. Photo: Ship Recycling Consortium The Costa Concordia ran aground on the Mediterranean island of Giglio on January 13, 2012 after sailing too close shore. The vessel came to rest on its side along the rock outcropping just outside the tiny island’s main harbor, prompting a massive salvage operation that lasted more than two years and involved the famous “parbuckling” operation – an event that was televised live across the globe. The cruise ship was later refloated and towed to Genoa in July 2014 for dismantling and recycling. The Ship Recycling Consortium says that during the dismantling and recycling project, approximately 53,000 tons of materials were recycled at facilities in Italy. More than 350 workers worked nearly around the clock to dismantled the ship in a safe and environmentally-friendly manner, working a combined one million man hours. Costa Concordia’s Italian captain, Francesco Schettino, was sentenced to 16 years in jail for his role in the shipwreck, which killed 32 people. Schettino began his prison sentence this past May. __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Greenpeace spy Christine Cabon who helped to sink Rainbow Warrior breaks 32-year silence July 2017- Bernard Lagan, Sydney - July 11 2017, 12:01am, The Times French military divers attached mines to the Rainbow Warrior to thwart Greenpeace protests against nuclear bomb tests on Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific NEIL FRASER/THE IRISH SUN A French spy who eluded an international hunt after the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk in New Zealand has come clean after 32 years, revealing that she pretended to be an aristocrat as she infiltrated the environmental activists. Christine Cabon, then 33, went undercover with Greenpeace



Christine Cabon, now 66 and retired, infiltrated Greenpeace at the age of 33
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under the name Frederique Bonlieu in the months leading up to July 1985 when French divers attached mines to the Rainbow Warrior while she was berthed in Auckland. The ship was heading for Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific as part of Greenpeace protests against French nuclear bomb tests. Fernando Pereira, 35, a Portuguese freelance photographer, drowned as the Rainbow Warrior sank. Dishevelled, and numb with shock, the crew of the Rainbow Warrior stood, staring into the dark waters of Marsden Wharf, the smallest of three commercial piers piercing Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Before them, lying crippled and half submerged in the water was the Warrior - their home and an international symbol of peace. Several hours, but what felt like a lifetime, earlier there had been an explosion. Some had been stirred from sleep by a dull, muffled thud, as though something heavy had been dropped on the deck above. Those still awake, and clustered around the small mess room table, were suddenly plunged into darkness. Everything happened at once. The steady drone of the generator, that formed a constant backdrop to life on board, ceased abruptly, the darkness was marginally lifted by the eerie glow of the emergency lights, the moment of silence was almost instantly replaced with the sharp crack of breaking glass and the sudden ferocious roar of water. Their immediate thought had been that something, possibly a tug, had hit them. Two minutes later a second explosion: a flash of blue light streaked through the cloudy waters around the ship. Those already on deck scrambled up the ladder or leaped to safety on the wharf. In a matter of minutes they watched as the twin steel masts of the ship tilted towards them. French secret service agents Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur were later arrested and charged over the bombing. Both pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and spent eight months in jail in New Zealand before being sent to the French atoll of Hao, where they served 17 months of a three-year sentence. But a third conspirator, Christine Cabon, was never brought to justice. Cabon infiltrated Greenpeace's Auckland office in April 1985, posing as scientist Frederique Bonlieu. The then-33-year-old gathered directions, maps, and information for the operation, before leaving the country on May 24. At the time of the bombing she was in Israel but on the day Auckland police asked Israeli authorities to arrest her, she was tipped off and fled the country. She now lives in retirement in the French countryside. Fairfax located Cabon in the small village of Lasseubetat in the southwest of the European nation. The 66-year-old is a local councillor and is said to be a respected member of the community. She told Fairfax that she knew the bombing was "a trauma" for New Zealand. "For the New Zealand government and its population ... it is an exceptional historic event," she said. "A friendly country attacked them." She said that New Zealand was a "magnificent" country. "I have fond memories of New Zealand and of the people I met." __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Somalia Detains Boxship, MSC Alice, Over Cut Internet Cable __________________________________________________ ___________________________________
Rainbow Warrior, sunk by two underwater mines placed by agents of the French Government in Marsden Wharf, New Zealand. July 10th 1985
Rainbow Warrior Crew members Crew members of the Rainbow Warrior in happier days before the bombing of their ship. Left to right: photographer Fernando Pereira, campaigner Hans Guyt and mate Martini Gotje.
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Maritime Monday for July 17th, 2017: Unclean http://gcaptain.com/maritime-monday-...in+%28gCaptain. com%29&mc_cid=530d154aac&mc_eid=4c72dd3685 __________________________________________________ _________________________________ OPERATION CASTLE BRAVO 1954 AND THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BOMB IT WAS 77 YEARS AGO ON 16th JULY 1945 THAT THE WORLD’S FIRST NUCLEAR WEAPONS TEST WAS CARRIED OUT AND WELL OVER 2000 TESTS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT SINCE THEN. THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT IS JUST ONE OF THEM On March 1, 1954, scientists conducted a hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll. Code-named Castle Bravo, the size of the event expectations, leading to radioactive fallout. 1954: US tests hydrogen bomb in Bikini The US had produced the biggest ever man-made explosion so far in the Pacific archipelago of Bikini, part of the Marshall Islands. It is believed the hydrogen bomb was up to 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. It was so violent that it overwhelmed the measuring instruments, indicating that the bomb was much more powerful than scientists had anticipated. The 15 megaton bomb delivered a force far more powerful than expected. One of the atolls has been totally vaporised, disappearing into a gigantic mushroom cloud that spread at least 100 miles wide and dropping back to the sea in the form of radioactive fall-out. The Atomic Energy Commission announced this was the first in a series of tests to be carried out in the area. Natives resettled - Tests first began in Bikini in 1946 after the natives were moved to the island of Rongerik, then to Ujelan a year later and to Kili in 1949. This was the second H-bomb test in the area. A 10.4 megaton bomb was exploded on 1 November 1952 at Enewatak, west of Bikini. It destroyed one island and left a crater 175 feet deep. It was hundreds of times more powerful than that used over Hiroshima. Unlike that device which tapped energy by splitting atomic nuclei, the Enewetak weapon forced together nuclei of hydrogen to unleash an even greater destructive force. IN CONTEXT - The 1954 Bikini bomb was the biggest man-made explosion until the USSR's 50megaton test in 1961. Three weeks after the Bikini bomb it emerged that a Japanese fishing boat, called Lucky Dragon, was within 80 miles (129 km) of the test zone at the time. Its 23 crew were severely affected by radiation sickness. They were among 264 people accidentally exposed to radiation because the explosion and fall-out had been far greater than expected. The original natives were granted $325,000 in compensation and returned to Bikini in 1974. But they were evacuated four years later when new tests showed high levels of residual radioactivity in the region. Twenty-three nuclear tests were carried out at Bikini between 1946 and 1958. __________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Homes are evacuated as 50-year-old shipbuilding cranes are demolished by controlled explosion at poignant end of an era Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4nCOIo8tP __________________________________________________ ___________________________________________


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Help wanted for former Wahine lifeboat Ex-navy man Richard Cox has been seeing a former Wahine lifeboat parked up in Whanganui's Ikitara Rd for years and can't bear to watch it deteriorate. On April 10, 1968, he was aboard a navy ship in Hong Kong. "We woke up at 6am on our ship and went down to breakfast, and we heard the Wahine had foundered.” On that day there were 734 passengers and crew aboard, and 51 people died. Only three lifeboats from the stricken Wahine made it to shore in Wellington Harbour when the ferry foundered after striking Barrett Reef during the 1968 storm. Only three lifeboats from the stricken Wahine made it to shore in Wellington Harbour when the ferry foundered after striking Barrett Reef during the 1968 storm. Pinterest share Show more share options Only the four starboard lifeboats could be launched, official records say, and only three of them reached shore. Mr Cox believes the one languishing in Whananui East is the one that made it to the other side of Wellington Harbour, and was captured in a newspaper photograph. The boat in Ikitara Rd has had a cabin put on. Neighbour William Buchanan said it was owned by Graeme Tulloch, who died about five years ago, and whose estate is in dispute. sunk, with loss of life." Left + below: Only three lifeboats from the stricken Wahine made it to shore in Wellington Harbour when the ferry foundered after striking Barrett Reef during the 1968 storm. The boat has been sitting in the yard of an unoccupied house for years, he said, and the hull is full of water. Only three lifeboats from the stricken Wahine made it to shore in Wellington Harbour when the ferry foundered after striking Barrett Reef during the 1968 storm. Mr Cox says it has a place in history. He would like to see it restored, and on display in a maritime museum. "Being an ex-sailor I got to the point where I think it's a disgrace. It should be put in a museum because it's got history with it." Source : NZ Herald __________________________________________________ ________________________________________ Searchers Locate FV Destination Wreck in Bering Sea http://gcaptain.com/searchers-locate...+%28gCaptain.c om%29&mc_cid=7dbb0c5afc&mc_eid=4c72dd3685 __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Circular 6/17:International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 and US Ballast Water Management (BWM) Regulations https://www.ukpandi.com/knowledge-pu...LGE99N,JCQ33,1

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UK MAIB Issues Investigation Report Into Fatal Capsizing of Tug During Ship Assist - July 19, 2017 by gCaptain A UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch investigation into the fatal capsizing of a harbor tug while assisting a CMA CGM containership in the port of Tulear, Madagascar identified a number of safety issues that contributed to the accident. The 56.87 gross tonne tug Domingue girted and capsized while assisting the container ship CMA CGM Simba departing from the port of Tulear, Madagascar on September 20, 2016. As a result of accident, two of the Domingue’s five crew members died. According to the MAIB investigation report, the Domingue had been connected to CMA CGM Simba’s port quarter to help pull the vessel’s stern off the berth. During the maneuver, the prevailing tidal conditions caused CMA CGM Simba to move towards a mooring dolphin. To avoid striking the dolphin, CMA CGM Simba’s master briefly maneuvered his vessel ahead, while the pilot did not warn the tug that they would be coming ahead. As CMA CGM Simba built up ahead speed, the tug girted and capsized. The accident occurred during the ship’s first call at Tulear at the start of a new route that linked the ports of Ehola and Tulear, Madagascar, with Durban, South Africa. The MAIB report identified three safety issues contributed to the accident. First, the investigation found the Domingue was less maneuverable than the port’s normal tug, which was undergoing maintenance at the time, and its crew were inexperienced in assisting ships. Second, the tug was not fitted with a gog rope, nor did the towing point have any mechanism to release the tow in an emergency and doors and hatches on the tug were open. Finally, the report said the extent to which a plan for CMA CGM Simba’s departure had been discussed between the pilot and Domingue’s skipper before commencement is uncertain, and during the maneuver no-one on board CMA CGM Simba monitored the tug’s position. The MAIB said in view of current published guidance and the actions since taken by CMA CGM Simba’s manager Midocean (IOM) Ltd, no recommendations have been made. Following the accident, Midocean highlighted to its fleet the dangers of working with tugs, including girting, and measures that should be taken to minimize the risks. The scope of the MAIB investigation focused on aspects concerning the involvement of CMA CGM Simba with only observations relating to the tug Domingue due limited access to evidence. __________________________________________________ ___________________________________
Tug Domingue connected to the CMA CGM Simba, September 20, 2016. Photo: MAIB
Photo of CMA CGM Simba alongside in Tulear. Credit: MAIB
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Boxes lost at sea insignificant if total ship losses are removed THE numbers of container lost at sea continue to shrink and represent only one 1,000th of one per cent of the 130 million TEU shipped each year, according to a World Shipping Council (WSC) survey. Making the WSC findings even less significant is the finding that 64 per cent of containers lost at sea in the last decade are the result of catastrophic incidents, each defined as the loss of 50 containers, through storm, ship sinkings, collisions, groundings or acts of piracy. In 2013, there was a total loss of 5,578 containers - 77 per cent of which occurred because of the sinking of the 8,110-TEU MOL Comfort (90,613 dwt) in the Indian Ocean, the worst box ship loss in history. The total loss of the 14,977-dwt El Faro occurred two years later in 2015. All the El Faro containers were lost and this alone accounted for 43 per cent of the boxes lost at sea in 2015. From 2008 to 2016, WSC estimates an annual average loss of 568 containers at sea per year, not counting catastrophic events. On average, 1,582 containers are lost at sea each year including catastrophic events. For each of the three years surveyed, 2014, 2015 and 2016, containers lost at sea 16 per cent to 612 - fewer than the loss for previous three-year period. But when catastrophic losses are included, the total loss averages at 1,390 with 56 per cent attributed to catastrophic events. This is a 48 per cent reduction from the average annual total losses of 2,683 estimated in 2014, said the report. The sinking of the 1,181-TEU MOL Comfort in the Indian Ocean resulted in the loss of all of its 4,293 containers - the worst containership loss in history. Also in 2011, there was the grounding and loss of the 3,351-TEU Rena off New Zealand, which resulted in the overboard loss 900 containers. Source : Schednet __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ MH370 Search Data Unveils Fishing Hotspots, Ancient Geological Movements http://gcaptain.com/mh370-search-dat...Gcaptain+%28gC aptain.com%29&mc_cid=c4423dec36&mc_eid=4c72dd3685 __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Senator McCain Introduces New Bill to Repeal Jones Act http://gcaptain.com/senator-mccain-i...%28gCaptain.co m%29&mc_cid=dc0816720b&mc_eid=4c72dd3685 __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Merchant Navy Day Commemorative Service – Trinity Gardens, Tower Hill, London Sunday 3rd September – Wreath Layers Required I am asking for volunteers from those of you who will be attending the Merchant Navy Day Commemorative Service in Trinity Gardens, Tower Hill, London on 3rd September. We need half a dozen people to lay wreaths on behalf of those who are unable to attend or unable to lay their own wreaths. Please contact me to discuss which wreath you would like to lay for whom. Malcolm Mathison Tel: 01472 277 266; Mob: 07831 622 312; Email: R546060@aol.com __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Crystal Meth Ship at $2.3 Bln A yacht named WANDERLUST which is suspected to transport one tons of crystal meth (shabu or sabu), is estimated to be priced at US$ 2 to 2.3 million. The Head of Prosecution and Investigation of Customs and Excise at Batam, Mujayin, said on Sunday (16/7/2017) that the yacht is now detained at the Customs facilities in Tanjung Ucang, Batam. The yacht was captured on Saturday (15/7/2017) on Mapor-Tanjung Berakit, Batam. Mujayin said that the ship is registered in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The yacht is suspcted to transport crystal meth in Anyer, Serang, Banten, on Wednesday (12/7/2017). Source: Netra __________________________________________________ ___________________________________

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Falklands Campaign & Charity Day 1982 thirty-five years ago, Britain was at war. The biggest British task force since WWII were heading towards the Falkland Islands. Thirty-nine of Britain’s finest Royal Navy warships and submarines prepared for war, supported by forty Merchant ships of various kinds amassed, nicknamed STUFT ships (Ships Taken Up From Trade). These were the troop ships, hospital ships, ammunition and store carriers, tankers full of aviation spirit, petrol, FFO (Fuel furnace oil for the Royal Navy), food, medicine, salvage tugs and even water carriers in case the Argentinians had poisoned the local water. Alongside these ships were a further twenty-two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) manned by personnel from the MN, RN and RAF. The Argentinian Government did not believe Britain would fight for these Islands, but fight they did and by the 14th June 1982 the Argentine forces had surrendered. 255 British service personnel and three Falkland Island civilians had paid the ultimate price for freedom.

To mark the 35th Anniversary between April-June 2017, myself and the owner of the Stockton-on-Tees Don War Memorial Bar Julie Cooper set up our own Falklands commemorative corner in the bar and had the names and photos of the 258 casualties placed on individual crosses for a permanent display. I also contacted the Falklands charity SAMA82 to organise a collection for them in a Falklands Day campaign event held the nearest Sunday to the surrender date of June 14th, which Julie and I organised in her bar. I also received permission from the local Tesco near where I live to have a collection day for SAMA82. Both days were really successful and a total of £819.30 was raised and handed to the SAMA82 NorthEast representative Alan Burgess, himself a Merchant Navy Falklands Veteran. SAMA82 would also like to pass on information to members, that the South Atlantic Medal criteria for recipients had also been extended up until 21st October 1982 in the Falklands Campaign and there are many former Merchant Seamen or possibly still serving at sea who are unaware of their entitlement, who served on the following ships as crew or as their relief crews covering the extended period. Astronomer, Avelona Star, Cederbank G.A. Walker, Laertes, Mymidon, Rangitara, Sandshore, Sapele, St. Brandon, St. Helena, Stena Inspector and Strathewe. Information can be found on the following Government website for eligibility https://www.gov.uk/guidance/medals-c...nd-eligibility It needs to be noted you would need a copy of your Discharge Book to prove eligibility as the MCA in Cardiff do not hold individual service CRS-10 files covering this period. It may be possible that copies Crew Agreements are still available, but I have yet to check this at the present time. Rgds Billy McGee MNM (MNA Archivist) __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ The latest Trade Journal 214 August 2017 is available on this link http://www.godfreydykes.info/TJ%2021...ust%202017.pdf Regards, Terry Hall __________________________________________________ ___________________________________
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Captain Fryatt – The Martyr of Bruges

At the end of the Great War, the bodies of only three heroes were ever brought back to England and given state funerals; those of the nurse Edith Cavell, of the Unknown Warrior, and of a Southampton born ferry captain called Charles Algernon Fryatt. The stories of Edith Cavell and of the Unknown Warrior have come to be well known, but the merchant seaman who sailed between England and Holland with cargo and civilians while the sea was alive with enemy submarines and who gained fame across the World has long since been forgotten. ‘Captain Fryatt – The Martyr of Bruges’ is a special exhibition that will tell the story of the captain who, to save his passengers, crew and ship, attempted to ram a German submarine and how, for this gallant act, was later to be captured and executed in Bruges. The exhibition will tell how, from Southampton, he moved to Harwich and rose up through the ranks of the Great Eastern Railway Company to become captain of their steamer s.s. Brussels. It will cover how the danger to merchant shipping increased once the Germans declared unrestricted warfare in the waters around Britain and how he had had two previous encounters with German submarines. And it will explain how he came to be captured off Zeebrugge and sent to an internment camp near Berlin before being returned to Bruges to be court martialled and sentenced to death. Finally, the exhibition will tell of the reaction around the World to his death and the subsequent repatriation of his body and the many memorials erected in his honour.

Captain Fryatt was born, and spent his early years, in Southampton and so a branch of the family who still live in the area have arranged to have a plaque in memory of him erected in the Holy Rood Merchant Navy Memorial Church in the heart of the city The plaque will be unveiled at a ceremony that will be part of the Merchant Navy Day memorial service at the Church on 3rd September that has been organised by the MNA Solent branch. To coincide with this event, a special exhibition telling the whole story about Captain Fryatt has been produced by historian and MNA member Mark P. Baker and will be open on Saturday and Sunday, 2nd & 3rd September 2017 in the Masonic Hall, Albion Place, Southampton, SO14 2DD, between 10.00 am and 5.00 pm both days. Admission will cost £3 for adults and £1 for accompanied children under 16, and tickets will be available on the door or can be booked in advance online at www.historico.co/tickets. __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ World's largest supercarrier USS Gerald R Ford commissioned The US Navy has officially welcomed the world's largest aircraft carrier into the fleet. At Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, the 110,000 ton, nuclear-powered USS GERALD R. FORD (CVN 78) was formally commissioned in a ceremony where President Donald Trump gave the principal address inaugurating the vessel into its half century of active service. The ceremony was attended by US government officials, naval personnel and their families, contractors, and guests as well as the ship's first commander, Captain Richard McCormack. The Ford's sponsor was Susan Ford Bales, daughter of the late President Gerald Ford after whom the ship is named. The keel for the US$12.8 billion aircraft carrier was laid down in 2009 and is the first new US aircraft carrier design in 40 years as well as the first in the Gerald R. Ford class. __________________________________________________ ___________________________________

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U.S. Official: USS Fitzgerald Crew Likely at Fault in Collision with Containership - July 21, 2017 by Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – The crew of the USS Fitzgerald was likely at fault in the warship’s collision with a Philippine cargo ship in June and had not been paying attention to their surroundings, according to initial findings in an investigation, a U.S. defense official told Reuters on Friday. Multiple U.S. and Japanese investigations are under way into how the USS Fitzgerald, a guided missile destroyer, and the much larger ACX Crystal container ship collided in clear weather south of Tokyo Bay in the early hours of June 17. The collision tore a gash below the Fitzgerald’s waterline, killing seven sailors in what was the greatest loss of life on a U.S. Navy vessel since the USS Cole was bombed in Yemen’s Aden harbor in 2000. “There was not a lot that went right leading up to the crash. There were a string of errors, but they did a lot after the collision to save lives and the ship,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The official said that in addition to crew members not paying attention to their surroundings, they did not take action until it was too late. While the investigation is not complete, the official said crew members had given statements and radar data had been gathered, and it was unlikely the findings would change. A U.S. Navy spokeswoman said the investigation was in the early stages and it was premature to speculate on the causes. The incident has spurred a number of investigations, including those by the U.S. Navy and a probe by the United States Coast Guard on behalf of the National Transportation Safety Board. The Japan Transport Safety Board and the Philippines government are conducting separate investigations. Last month Reuters reported that an account of the incident by the Philippine cargo ship’s captain said that the U.S. warship had failed to respond to warning signals or take evasive action before the collision. The ACX Crystal had been chartered by Japan’s Nippon Yusen KK. (Reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by Leslie Adler) (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2017. __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ B O O K R E V I E W By : Frank NEYTS “Svitzer Tugs (UK)” In June 2017 Coastal Shipping Publications published “Cochrane Shipbuilders. Vol 3 : 1940 - 1993” , written by Bernard McCall. The story of Em. Svitzer Bjergningsentreprise (Svitzer) begins in 1833 when Emil Zeuthen Svitzer, a Danish entrepreneur, established a salvage business after noticing many losses occurring on trade routes to and from Denmark. Its business extended to harbor towage in due course. The company has expanded considerably over the past two decades and claims to have 430 vessels working in about 100 different locations throughout the world. Because of the huge size of the Svitzer fleet, Costal Shipping Publications is covering it in two volumes. This first volume looks at the company’s tugs working in the UK and it will be followed by the second volume which will cover the tugs working outside the UK. The album is organized in chronological order according to year of construction, the exception being at the end of the book where the latest Milford Haven tugs are grouped together. Like all books issued by Coastal Shipping Publications, value for money! “Svitzer Tugs (UK)” (ISBN 978-1-902953-85-4) is a paperback book, A5 size, of 88 pages, lavishly illustrated. The price is £9.95 plus £1.75 European postage. Ordering via the bookshop, or directly via the publisher, Coastal Shipping, 400 Nore Road, Portishead, Bristol BS20 8EZ, UK. Tel/Fax: +44(0)1275.846178, www.coastalshipping.co.uk , e-mail: Bernard@coastalshipping.co.uk . __________________________________________________ ___________________________________
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) sits in Dry Dock 4 at Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka to continue repairs and assess damage sustained from its June 17 collision with a merchant vessel. U.S. Navy Photo
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Maritime Monday for July 24th, 2017: Slippery Sailors http://gcaptain.com/maritime-monday-...in+%28gCaptain. com%29&goal=0_f50174ef03-70a3f717cf-139894965&mc_cid=70a3f717cf&mc_eid=4c72dd3685 __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Prelude FLNG, the Biggest Offshore Structure Ever Built, Arrives in Australia - July 25, 2017 by Mike Schuler Shell’s giant floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, the Prelude FLNG, has arrived at its new home at the Prelude field off the coast of Western Australia following a 3,600 mile tow from South Korea. The massive facility, at 600,000-tonnes, is the largest floating offshore structure ever built. The facility was constructed at the Samsung Heavy Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, where it departed in late June under tow by three tugs. Prelude is not only massive, but it also is the first deployment of Shell’s FLNG technology, that will see the 488-meter-long facility extracting and liquefying gas at sea so that it can be exported to customers around the globe. Now on site approximately 475km north-north east of Broome in Western Australia, the Prelude FLNG will be moored to the seabed for a period of 20 to 25 years and, at its peak, will produce approximately 3.6 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas as well as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and condensate, a light oil, each year. With tugs holding the facility in place, crews will now work to connect 16 pre-positioned mooring chains to Prelude’s 93-meter high turret, permanently securing the facility in about 250 meters of water. The turret allows Prelude to pivot with the prevailing current and wind, giving it the ability to weathervane and ride out even the strongest cyclones without having to disconnect the pipelines that feed gas into the facility from the Prelude field. Hook-up and commissioning phase is expected to take between 9-12 months. First FLNG Facility in Australia The Prelude FLNG is not only the largest but also the first floating liquefaction facility deployed in Australian waters. Shell Australia Chairman Zoe Yujnovich described its arrival as a new era for the Australian LNG export industry. “Prelude’s arrival is a clear demonstration of Shell’s long standing commitment to investment and development in Australia – delivering significant economic benefits to the nation.” Yujnovich added Shell had awarded a majority of Prelude contracts to Australian contractors, including the contract awarded to Australian engineering company Monadelphous for maintenance and modification services valued at $200 million. “Prelude is an Australian project and Shell has recognised how important it is to build strong partnerships with Australian industry,” she said. The Prelude project will employ 260 local workers on board the facility during operations and create over a 1500 jobs during the hook-up and commissioning phase of the project. Shell has said it expects to start production during 2018.

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Shell’s Prelude FLNG heads for Australia. Credit: Shell Australia
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Check Out Vroon’s New Walk-to-Work Vessel, VOS Start http://gcaptain.com/check-out-vroons...in+%28gCaptain. com%29&goal=0_f50174ef03-244f6a4d0e-139894965&mc_cid=244f6a4d0e&mc_eid=4c72dd3685 __________________________________________________ ___________________________ Alaskan Fishing Captain Hailed a Hero for Jumping Into Water to Save Crew Member - July 26, 2017 by Mike Schuler The Captain of an Alaskan fishing vessel is being hailed a hero after jumping into the water to save one of his crew after their vessel capsized near Kodiak Island on Monday. Part of the rescue was captured on video from a U.S. Guard helicopter. According to the Coast Guard and good samaritans who assisted with the rescue, there were four people on board the fishing vessel Grayling when it began taking on water and capsized in the Kupreanof Strait near Raspberry Island on Monday afternoon. The Coast Guard reported that the crew of a good samaritan vessel, the Calista Marie, which was apparently on scene at the time, rescued one of the crew as Grayling’s skiff driver rescued the captain, leaving one man unaccounted for. According to the Coast Guard, after receiving a call at about 3:25 p.m. on Monday, a MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew diverted from a training flight when they observed the captain of the capsized Grayling jump into the frigid 47-degree water to assist the fourth crewman. A video filmed from the helicopter shows A video filmed from the helicopter shows Grayling’s captain struggling to keep the man above water before helping him onto the Grayling’s skiff, where the captain initiated CPR and was able to revive the crewman: __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ WATCH: U.S. Navy Tests First Anti-Drone Laser Weapon http://gcaptain.com/watch-u-s-navy-t...tain+%28gCapta in.com%29&goal=0_f50174ef03-65c725ed0d-139894965&mc_cid=65c725ed0d&mc_eid=4c72dd3685 __________________________________________________ _________________________________ LIVERPOOL LANDING: The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is investing £540,000 to extend the lifespan of a landing stage in Liverpool to ensure its fast craft can continue to operate to the Princes Parade site until the end of 2019, when a new berth will be required. Source:- Flashlight 176 __________________________________________________ ___________________________ Movie Review – Nolan’s “Dunkirk,” Immersive Tour de Force, Incongruous Muddle, or Both? http://gcaptain.com/movie-review-nol...tain+%28gCapta in.com%29&goal=0_f50174ef03-65c725ed0d-139894965&mc_cid=65c725ed0d&mc_eid=4c72dd3685 __________________________________________________ ___________________________
Grayling’s skiff driver reaches over to grab the captain and another crewman after the captain jumped into the water to save man after their vessel capsized. Image from U.S. Coast Guard video
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NTSB Report Details Lessons Learned from 27 Major Maritime Accidents July 27, 2017 by gCaptain The National Transporation Safety Board has released a publication detailing lessons learned from 27 major, maritime accidents involving loss of life, injuries and property damage. The annual publication, known as the Safer Seas Digest, is a compendium of the marine accident reports that the agency adopted or issued during calendar year 2016. The NTSB says the 68-pageSafer Seas Digest 2016 is intended to provide information that can help mariners at the deckplate level prevent future accidents, and, can help maritime industry C-suites build and sustain a culture of safety at sea. The lessons learned in the Safer Seas Digest 2016 are highlighted in 10 categories including Standard Maintenance and Repair Procedures, Operational Testing Procedures, Operating in Strong Currents, Familiarization with Local Recommendations, Bridge Resource Management, Safety Equipment and Access to High-Risk Spaces. The remaining three categories – Distraction, Fatigue, and Use of Medication While Operating Vessels – relate to issues on the NTSB’s Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, highlighting the multi-modal nature of these threats to transportation safety. “A safe maritime transportation system is critical to the vitality of the U.S. economy,” said NTSB Acting Chairman Robert Sumwalt. “According to NOAA, more than $1.5 trillion of cargo transited U.S. seaports in 2016. Reducing the frequency and severity of maritime accidents serves the national interest and publishing the Safer Seas Digest helps reach this goal.” The Safer Seas Digest 2016, which is available in a digital version, provides mariners with links from the digest’s case summaries to the full reports and related documents of the investigations on the NTSB’s website, giving mariners access to the complete body of work of the NTSB’s Office of Marine Safety. The NTSB’s Office of Marine Safety investigates major marine casualties in the navigable waters of the U.S. and accidents involving U.S. flagged vessels worldwide. Download digital version at https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/...ts/SPC1701.pdf __________________________________________________ ___________________________ Somali pirates- back for good? Date: 28/07/2017 Author: Amanda Hastings Apparently Somali pirates are back, or so some news headlines have recently read – but in reality piracy never left Somalia, incidents just dramatically decreased as a result of protection measures and pirates in other parts of the world drew more attention. It’s probably fair to say that for as long as there have been ships, there have been pirates and this is unlikely to ever change. There is a fear that Somali piracy may be back as a result in the scaling down of the protections measures in the area. That is the subject of this week’s blog: • Piracy was already prevalent in the ancient world – Homer makes reference to it in both the Iliad and the Odyssey, but even before late antiquity there was evidence of ancient pirates such as the
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Illyrians and the Tyrrhenians. A particularly famous female pirate of this time was Queen Teuta of Illyria who reigned from approximately 231 BC to 227 BC. • During the Elizabethan era, the government issued ‘letters of marque’ to certain pirates, this licensed them to legally plunder enemy ships – Sir Francis Drake was one of these privateers. • Modern piracy is not confined to a single geographic region, incidents occur worldwide. MO tends to change regionally e.g. Somalian piracy traditionally focused on holding the vessel ransom, whilst West African piracy appears to have mainly focused on cargo theft and crew kidnappings and ransom demands. • The ICC maintains a map of live piracy incidents worldwide. It can be accessed here. https://www.icc-ccs.org/index.php/pi...ive-piracy-map There were 191 piracy incidents reported in 2016. • The Aris 13 (March 2017) was the first successful hijacking by Somali pirates since 2012. • If a ship moves through a high-risk area (HRA), as identified by the Joint War Risks Committee or a relevant mutual insurer, additional cover in the form of War Risks is needed. Source UK P&I Club __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Violet Jessop by abandonship1 "Abandon Ship!" - the fearful cry that Violet Jessop must have heard several times during her working life. She was an ocean liner stewardess and nurse who survived the disastrous sinkings of both the RMS Titanic in 1912, her sister ship, the HMHS Britannia in 1916, and she had also been on board the RMS Olympic , the eldest of the three sister ships, owned by the White Star Line, when it collided with a British warship in 1911. She was born in Argentina, the eldest daughter of Irish immigrants, William and Katherine Jessop. She was the first of nine children, six of whom survived. Her father died and the family moved to England, where she attended a convent school and cared for her youngest sister while her mother was away at sea working as a stewardess. When her mother became ill, she left school, and to provide for her siblings, she followed in her mother's footsteps, and applied to be a stewardess. Olympic In 1910, Jessop started working as a stewardess on the White Star vessel, RMS Olympic. She was on board on 20 September 1911, when the Olympic left Southampton and collided with the British warship, HMS Hawke. There were no fatalities and despite considerable damage, the ship was able to make it back to port without sinking. Titanic She boarded the RMS Titanic as a stewardess on 10 April 1912. Four days later, the ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean and sank. She described in her memoirs how she was ordered up on deck to help any non-English speakers who could not follow the instructions given to them. "I was ordered up on deck. Calmly, passengers strolled about. I stood at the bulkhead with the other stewardesses, watching the women cling to their husbands before being put into the boats with their children. Sometime after, a ship’s officer ordered us into the boat first to show some women it was safe." She was ordered into lifeboat 16, and, as the boat was being lowered, one of the Titanic's officers gave her a baby to look after. The next morning, Jessop, the baby, and the rest of the survivors were rescued by the RMS Carpathia . Britannic During WWI, Jessop served as a member of the Red Cross. On the morning of 21 November 1916, she was working on board the HMHS Brittanic, a White Star liner that had been converted into a hospital ship, when it sank in the Aegean Sea.
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The Britannic sank within 57 minutes, 30 people were lost. As the ship sank, Jessop and other passengers were nearly killed by the boat's propellers that sucked lifeboats under the stern. In her memoirs, she described the scene she witnessed as the Britannic went under: "The white pride of the ocean's medical world ... dipped her head a little, then a little lower and still lower. All the deck machinery fell into the sea like a child's toys. Then she took a fearful plunge, her stern rearing hundreds of feet into the air until with a final roar, she disappeared into the depths." She had to jump out of her lifeboat and received a traumatic head wound, but survived despite her injuries. "I leapt into the water but was sucked under the ship’s keel which struck my head. I escaped, but years later when I went to my doctor because of a lot of headaches, he discovered I had once sustained a fracture of the skull!" After the war, Jessop continued to work for the White Star Line, before joining the Red Star Line and then the Royal Mail Line again. During her tenure with Red Star, Jessop went on two around the world cruises on the company's largest ship, the Belgenland . Luckily for Violet, and other seamen and passengers, no other vessel she boarded sustained significant damage again. She was obviously a great survivor and she earned the nickname "Miss Unsinkable".

abandonship1 | June 13, 2017 at 10:56 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p8pzA3-6Z __________________________________________________ ___________________________________ British merchant losses in WWII - by abandonship1 Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1945. That very evening, the first merchant ship to fall victim to the war was sunk. The steam passenger ship Athenia was torpedoed without warning in the Atlantic, west of Ireland. The Uboat captain had believed the ship was an armed cruiser. Most of the 315 crew and 1103 passengers abandoned ship in 26 lifeboats. 19 crew members and 93 passengers were lost. A total of 30 merchant ships were sunk by the end of September. By the end of the year, a total of 96 ships had been sunk. And by the end of the war the total figure was 2429*. Merchant Shipping Vessels sunk by enemy action in WWII Year
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1939 30 21 22 23 1940
24 21 13 19 31 61 64 56 63 63 73 61 1941
41 75 83 76 91 60 30 26 57 33 26 120 1942
37 59 67 52 56 48 41 56 50 59 76 45 1943
18 29 61 32 31 11 30 14 11 11 15 10 1944
13 12 10 3 5 16 9 17 4 1 4 10 1945
9 12 12 9 1 *Note: These figures are approximate, since exact records from wartime are difficult to verify. The figures do not include fishing vessels lost by enemy action. A feature of the Abandon Ship! exhibition is the Casualties Database, generously loaned to the Wellington Trust by the Maritime Memorial Trust. It lists names and details of thousands of Merchant Navy personnel who served during the wars. Written by SNiF __________________________________________________ ___________________________________

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European Commission Adopts New Measures to Improve Searfarers’ Working Conditions - July 28, 2017 by gCaptain The European Commission has agreed to the adoption of a proposal by its maritime social partners to improve the working conditions of seafarers on board of EU-flagged vessels by updating the agreement on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC), commonly referred to as the ‘seafarers bill of rights‘. The MLC 2006 sets minimum requirements to improve seafarers’ working and living conditions including recruitment and placement practices, conditions of employment, hours of work and rest, repatriation, annual leave, payment of wages, accommodation, recreational facilities, food and catering, health protection, occupational safety and health, medical care, onshore welfare services and social protection. The proposal, offered by “European Maritime Social Partners” the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), adds additional protection to seafarers against future cases of abandonment in foreign ports, and will strengthen their rights to compensation in the event of death or long-term disability due to an occupational injury, illness or hazard. The ILO MLC amendments entered into force on 18 January 2017. Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, Marianne Thyssen, said: “Maritime transport remains crucial for Europe’s economic development. Today’s proposal will strengthen seafarers’ protection and underpin fair competition in the maritime sector. Improved working conditions will also make the shipping sector more attractive for young Europeans. This proposal is an excellent example of how social partners support the Commission in keeping EU law fit for purpose.” The European Maritime Social Partners warmly welcomed the EC’s adoption of the proposal. ETF spokesperson Mark Dickinson, said, “It is important that ECSA and ETF are able to keep their European agreement on the MLC up to date as we must not forget this Convention is a living instrument for the continued improvement of seafarers’ living and working conditions. We are therefore very pleased that the Commission has supported us in our aims by adopting our proposals for amending the Agreement on the MLC to incorporate the amendments made by the ILO in 2014. We hope that they will be similarly adopted by the Council with the minimum delay.” This is the third occasion on which the maritime Social Partners have agreed to make legally-binding European agreements. The first was the Agreement on Working Time for Seafarers and the second the agreement on the MLC. “We are proud of what we have achieved through the maritime social dialogue. Our constructive relations and co-operation have resulted in numerous joint projects and campaigns to assist shipowners and seafarers in Europe. We have also agreed an ambitious work programme for the next biennium” ECSA’s spokesperson, Tim Springett said.